At the end of every day
The cracks are starting to show
Instead of being a hummingbird
I transform to a crow
I'm too hunched, aching and weary
For one as young as I
But there are some days when
I just wish I could up and fly
I'd fly away from here
To no specific place
But here I remain, putting together
My pretenders smiling face
When my facade starts breaking
I give in to the tears
But not if anyone's watching
Vulnerable to my fears
I like to hide myself away
I paint on a ragged smile
I laugh and joke the day away
Whilst hurting all the while
I think today will be different
I'll dance out in the rain
Wash away my falsities
And expose my inner pain
I don't think I should hide away
I'll have a big reveal
So the all the world can know
What I have worked to conceal
No one can be there to comfort
Or offer words of advice
If I lock my feelings away
With a ghoulish grip like a vice
So today there was a thunderstorm
And I let the water cleanse me
Whilst being awed by lightning
Striking, beautiful to see
Unleashing my inner beauty
Baring all my scars
I should never have hidden them
They make us who we are
We are who we are because
Of everything we've done
Every battle lost bravely
Every war hard won
I feel naked to your gaze
Before you my soul is laid bare
I don't mind what happens to it
So long as I'm able to care
My reveal is a rebirth
As mascara runs down my cheeks
I can sense it slipping away
It's almost too hard to speak
I kneel there in the flooding street
And allow myself finally,
Wearing my heart upon my sleeve,
As the girl I longed to be
I.Sparrow
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